Cooking-utensil receptacle.



PATENTED OCT. 31, 1905. B. W.'STURDBVANT & A. W. SIDESINGBR.

COOKING UTENSIL RECEPTAGLE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2, 1905.

lNVENTO RS Q/M z/ WITNESSES.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BURTON W. STURDEVANT AND ALEXANDER W. SIDESINGER, OF TOLEDO,

' OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1905.

Application filed June 2. 1905. Serial No. 263,428.

To aZZ whmit it may concern.-

Be it known that we, BURTON W. STURDE- VANT and ALEXANDER W. SIDESlNGER, citizens of the United States, and residents of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cooking-Utensil Receptacles; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention relates to inclosing receptacles for cooking utensils of the class adapted to hold Skillets, stewing vessels, frying-pans, or the like and to confine and cause the odors and fumes arising from the articles being prepared to be directed into the stove to enable them to pass off through the flue thereof.

The primary object of our invention is the provision of a receptacle of this class having an opening for receiving the handle of a cooking vessel and shiftable means associated with said receptacle whereby the opening may be entirely closed or its position varied to accommodate the handles of varying heights of vessels.

Further objects of our invention will be apparent by reference to the following description and to the accompanying drawings,

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the receptacle embodying our invention, which may be made of any suitable shape or size and has its bottom formed with an open grate 2 and its top normally closed by a removable cover 3. The grate may comprise any number of crossing or intersecting bars and is preferably formed with the lowered portion 2 adapted to project ashort distance within the opening 4 of a stove-top 5, thus preventing the removal of the receptacle from over the stove-opening except by the lifting of the same therefrom and also enabling smaller vessels and kettles than the skillet 6 shown to be supported nearer the blaze or fire. The grate 2 has its arms secured in any suitable manner to the walls of the receptacle 1.

In one side of the receptacle 1 is formed a vertical slot or opening 7 of suitable width to permit the ready insertion therein of the handle 6 of askillet, stewingpan, or other cooking vessels and extending from the top to substantially the bottom of said receptacle. Secured to the side of the receptacle 1 adjacent to and in parallelism with the vertical edges of the slot 7 are the guide or leader strips 8, which have their inner edges spaced from the Wall or side of the receptacle to form guideways, as shown.

Mounted within the slot or opening 7 and guided in their movements by the guide-strips 8 are two sets of plates 9 and 10, one set being mounted below and the other above the portion of the slots 7 through which a bandle 6 projects, as shown in Fig. 1. The plates 9 and 10 of each set have their contiguous faces abutting and are adapted to slide longitudinally of each other to enable them to be adjusted to fill the space disposed abo e or below the handle 6, and thus vary the position or size of the opening between the contiguous edges of the two sets to suit the position or size of the handle of the inclosed cooking vessel or entirely close said opening. In order to limit the independent movement of the plates of each set, the plate 9 is formed at its inner end with an outwardlyprojecting tongue 9, which extends within a centrally-disposed longitudinal groove or depression 10, formed in the contiguous face of the companion plate 10. Each set of plates is retained in adjusted position by means of the binding-screws 11, which are threaded in apertures provided in the flanged or spaced portions of the guide-strip 8 and are adapted when tightened to press the edges of the plates project Without the receptacle. vio'us that by reason of the receptacle 1 being closed except at its bottom the fumes and odors arising from the cooking will be carried by the draft down through the open grate and into the stove, from whence it passes 0E by Way of the fiue.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An inclosing receptacle, having means for providing an opening for the handle of a cooking vessel, said means being shiftable to vary the position of said opening, and means for locking said shiftable means in adjusted position.

2. An inclosing receptacle having an opengrated bottom and a slot in a portion of its casing, and means for closing saidslot or'providing a restricted opening therein forreceiving a projecting element, said means being shiftable to vary the position of said-opening.

3. An inclosing receptacle, havingan opengrated bottom and a slot provided in one of its walls, two sets of platesadju'stably mounted to close said slot or provide a restricted It is also obopening therein for receiving the handle of a cooking vessel.

4. An inclosing receptacle having an opengrated bottom and a slot provided in its wall, two sets of plates adjustably mounted to close said slot or provide an opening therethrough for the handle of a cooking vessel, said plates being shiftable to-vary the position of said opening, and means for retaining them in adjusted position. I 5. An inclosing receptacle having its vertical Wall provided with a slot, guide-strips secured to the wall at the sides of said slot, and r-neans guided by said strips for providing a restricted opening for the handle of a vessel, said means being shiftable to vary the position of said opening.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BURTON W. STURDEVANT. ALEXANDER W. SIDESINGER.

Witnesses:

MARY l. SHAY, CORNELL SGHREIBER. 

